The U.S. South and East are bracing for a winter storm at the end of the week with the potential for significant snowfall, including in New York City.
The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center is warning of heavy, ``perhaps crippling'' snow in the mid-Atlantic region, including the Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia metro areas.
Prediction centre Meteorologist Rich Otto says these bigger cities could get up to 2 feet (0.6 metres) of snow, but first the storm will bring ice and freezing rain to Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas on Thursday night into Friday.
As the storm moves east Friday, it will bring snow to West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. It may reach Philadelphia on Friday night and affect New York City and Long Island as it moves north.